Improvement in moccasin boots and shoes



F. A. BISHOP 8L F. G. BiSHOP,

Moccasin Boots and Shoes.

Patented June 18. 1872.

I No. 128,101

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

FRANK AUSTIN BISHOP AND FRED GEORGE BISHOP, OF BANGOR, MAINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,101, dated June 18,1872.

Specification describing certain Improvements in Moccasin Boots andShoes or Pacs, invented jointly by FRANK AUSTIN BISHOP and FRED GEORGEBISHOP, both of Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine.

Our invention relates to cutting and making pacs in such a manner as tobest economize the more expensive parts of the stock used in themanufacture, and at the same time produce a pac which shall require theminimum amount of hand-stitching, and which shall have thebest practicalshape, and shall best preserve its shape when worn.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side view of our improvedboot-pac with parts of two liftsof a heel attached. Fig. 2 is the samebootpac laid down on its side, in order to give a better idea of thebottom and how the heel is sewed. Fig. 3 is the sole. Fig. 4 is thecounter.

In Fig.1 it will be seen that the seam which runs over the instep,joining A and B, continues down past the end 0 of D and the jog (Z of O,and follows around the heel, joining the lower edge 9 of D to the heelpart b of O by a seam formed by turning the edge 9 outward and sewing itdown through I) from the out-- side of the boot.

This manner of putting on the heel enables the first lift of the heel tobe sewed on with the same sewing which holds D and the end I) of 0together, thus sewing the three pieces by one operation, instead ofsewing the counter and sole together by one operation, and then sewingon a lift of a heel by another and separate operation.

It Will be seen by the seams at Figs. 1 and 2, that the seam runningover the instep, by running down on the jog d of 0 comes down to theedge of the heel and runs around the heel in such a way that it makesthe heel flat and gives it a square corner around as far as The sea 1nwhich runs over theinstep and around the heel is a continuous andendless seam, the seam joining the tip'and sole running into it from thefront on each side, and

are more easily and cheaply sewed, and are all closed from the outside.

A few cents saved on each pair of pacs manufactured is a great objectwhen it is understood that several concerns in this city alone.

manufacture forty or fifty thousand dollars worth, each, of pacsannually.

Then, in this pattern of making pacs the seams are reduced to thesmallest number possible, there being really but three seams besides theleg-seams.

We do not claim as new anything belonging to any of the pacs heretoforemanufactured; but

What we do claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The continuous seam, passing over the instep and around the heel, andjoining the tip B, sole 0, and counter D.

2. The counter D, joined to the sole 0 by a seam formed by turning theedge g of the counter D outward, and stitching downward through thecounter D and sole 0 from the outside.

3. The sole 0, formed with the jogs or offsets d d, the sole being widein front of the heel, as shown, so that the sole may be turned up aroundthe edge forward of the heel, while it is flat around the heel of thepac.

4.. The counter D, sole 0, and lift 0 of the heel joined together by oneseam made at one operation, in the formation of which scam the edge g ofthe counter D is turned outward, as shown, substantially as and for thepurposes hereinloefore set forth.

FRANK AUSTIN BISHOP. FRED GEORGE BISHOP.

Witnesses:

FRED. H. OOOMBS, Tues. HERSEY.

